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Wi-Fi name changes on its own and unable to access internet with VPN on G34


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My network name keeps changing over the last week, without me doing anything. It changes back to an old name or all of a sudden it has a number 2 at the end of the name. Why?  I have a G34 WiFi modem. 

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plemans
Juggernaut
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  • Juggernaut
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  • March 24, 2025

Does someone else have access? 

Maybe it was reset or the combined ssid’s was disabled


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  • The Many
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  • March 24, 2025

Thank you. Nobody but me has access, and I did not change anything. 


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  • The Many
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  • March 24, 2025

I was on my PC, and my wireless icon showed connected to the internet, but I couldn’t turn on my VPN, and my windows security update did not work, and the message said that it cannot connect to my network. I then hovered my mouse over the wireless icon and I discovered that there was the number 2 right behind my network name. That’s why my VPN did not start….it didn’t recognize the name. I rebooted the modem and my PC twice , before it came up with the correct name. I’m just wondering why this happens. 


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Since you cannot access the internet via Wi-Fi while the VPN is enabled, I recommend following the instructions provided in the link below.

http://arris.force.com/consumers/articles/General_FAQs/G34-G36-VPN-Passthrough-Setup

If the modem was factory reset, all the customizations would be changed to default settings which is at the bottom of the modem.


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